Key Takeaways: 1. Focus on Relevance: Tailor your message to what matters most to your audience. 2. Use Stories: Engage listeners with relatable examples instead of overloading them with details. 3. Prioritize Content: Concentrate on delivering valuable insights, not on how you appear or sound.
Thank you Alina - really appreciate the summary. The top line is, simply 'how would I explain this to (and make it interesting for) a friend who had no prior knowledge'. Very good luck with all your public speaking! Lawrence
Such great advice, I once had to introduce a performance by my school to 10,000 people and I just had to pretend that no one was there. Thankfully the lights were so bright I couldn't really see anyone in the audience anyway!
Communication expert Lawrence Bernstein introduces the "coffee shop test" to overcome public speaking nerves. He advises speakers to communicate naturally, as if chatting with a friend, focusing on storytelling and key messages to connect with audiences effectively.
I've always found a good way to put yourself in a more conversational state is rip a few shots before you have to present. Gotta get the balance right though, kinda like when you've had just enough drinks to be in the zone where you're a god a pool.
'It's a bit like going to the doctor when you've got hay fever and lots of sneezing and saying 'Can you help me?' and he says 'Get a softer tissue'. It doesn't really stop you sneezing. What you really want is the antihistamine. And for public speaking, the antihistamine is your content.' I really like this metaphor!
There's a difference between remembering your speech and knowing your speech. I was the guy who had an epic script, but could never nail it because I'd be a nervous wreck, now I just prepare dot points and riff off those.
Yes!! This is awesome. I've always just tried to talk to groups of people as if they're my friends or like I already have a great rapport with them and it helps massively!
Delighted you found it useful! It's that 'taking ourselves to the audience' rather than waiting for them to get us going that makes a huge difference - exactly as if we are out with friends. L
We are youtubers and talk to the camera almost every day, i like the coffee shop test, think we are talking to a friend over coffee before we hit record. Larry
Had to laugh at the bit with Jane and her LRU's... could so see that coming. It really easy wild how that little switch goes off in our brain and we just forget that we're able to talk to people
The audience members were looking at Lawrence as if he just dropped in from outer space. They seemed to have no idea what he was talking about. Nevertheless, I thought this was an excellent presentation. Spot-on advice rendering succinctly.
It's interesting because I guess it feels like more's at stake, like maybe people are judging you and wanting you to mess something up and it doesn't really feel like that in a social setting
Maybe it's something to do with relaying information. Like we're so anxious to make sure we're getting it across correctly we forget how to actually engage?
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Sorry, but not a great talk full of rookie mistakes. You could even see some audience members tuning out Needs more BLUF, better/clearer organization, and a few more visuals (he had one pic on the screen for 15 minutes). For a better ex, watch someone like Steve Jobs for even 10 minutes. I like the Coffee Test but that's about it
God loves you and cares for you so that this message reaches you. God is the one who created this large universe and controls it completely. The greatest loss a person loses in this life is that he lives without knowing God who created him and knowing the Messenger of Muhammad, the last of the messengers, and the Islamic religion, the last of the heavenly religions. Great intelligence, before you believe in something or not, is to read it, study it, and understand it well, and after that you have the choice to believe in it or not to believe in it. I advise you to do this now, before you no longer have time to do so. Life is very short. It is just a test, just a passage to eternal life. Great advice to those who... Understands
That was fantastic! I’m about to give a webinar this morning, and your talk just put it all into perspective. Thank you!
Thanks so much Matt - how did the webinar go?!
Key Takeaways:
1. Focus on Relevance: Tailor your message to what matters most to your audience.
2. Use Stories: Engage listeners with relatable examples instead of overloading them with details.
3. Prioritize Content: Concentrate on delivering valuable insights, not on how you appear or sound.
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Thanks for saving me time 👍
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Thank you Alina - really appreciate the summary. The top line is, simply 'how would I explain this to (and make it interesting for) a friend who had no prior knowledge'. Very good luck with all your public speaking! Lawrence
Thanks for cutting out the waffle
Lots of solid points in this one, thank you!
A pleasure - so glad you got something from it.
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Such great advice, I once had to introduce a performance by my school to 10,000 people and I just had to pretend that no one was there. Thankfully the lights were so bright I couldn't really see anyone in the audience anyway!
That was simply awesome 💯
Communication expert Lawrence Bernstein introduces the "coffee shop test" to overcome public speaking nerves. He advises speakers to communicate naturally, as if chatting with a friend, focusing on storytelling and key messages to connect with audiences effectively.
Yep.
Great talk ❤❤
I've always found a good way to put yourself in a more conversational state is rip a few shots before you have to present. Gotta get the balance right though, kinda like when you've had just enough drinks to be in the zone where you're a god a pool.
'It's a bit like going to the doctor when you've got hay fever and lots of sneezing and saying 'Can you help me?' and he says 'Get a softer tissue'.
It doesn't really stop you sneezing.
What you really want is the antihistamine.
And for public speaking, the antihistamine is your content.'
I really like this metaphor!
Couldn't have put it better myself!
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Wow, that's so true, we are completely different speaking to someone over a drink vs in front of a team.
So obvious but also so easy to forget the most human element of them all!
@@GreatSpeechWriting1 Yes!! I've been thinking about it and I think I even do that switch when I need to bring up something serious with someone
Wonderful advice, especially now that I'm writing my own TEDx talk. Thank you, Lawrence, and TED!
My pleasure - when's your TEDx?!
❤ thanks
1. Know your message. 2. Speak in terms that everyone can understand. 3. Keep it simple, but engaging.
Exactly - and don't forget to tell stories where possible!
There's a difference between remembering your speech and knowing your speech. I was the guy who had an epic script, but could never nail it because I'd be a nervous wreck, now I just prepare dot points and riff off those.
Yes!! This is awesome. I've always just tried to talk to groups of people as if they're my friends or like I already have a great rapport with them and it helps massively!
Delighted you found it useful! It's that 'taking ourselves to the audience' rather than waiting for them to get us going that makes a huge difference - exactly as if we are out with friends. L
We are youtubers and talk to the camera almost every day, i like the coffee shop test, think we are talking to a friend over coffee before we hit record. Larry
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Had to laugh at the bit with Jane and her LRU's... could so see that coming. It really easy wild how that little switch goes off in our brain and we just forget that we're able to talk to people
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The audience members were looking at Lawrence as if he just dropped in from outer space. They seemed to have no idea what he was talking about.
Nevertheless, I thought this was an excellent presentation. Spot-on advice rendering succinctly.
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If you can speak to one person, you can speak to many.
It's interesting because I guess it feels like more's at stake, like maybe people are judging you and wanting you to mess something up and it doesn't really feel like that in a social setting
Maybe it's something to do with relaying information. Like we're so anxious to make sure we're getting it across correctly we forget how to actually engage?
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Sir, two cup of coffee before 1 hour to the speech? or at what time is best to take coffee before the speech?
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he’s sayin u should imagine the speech (the way you phrase it) to be like youre talking to ur friends over coffee
you didnt catch the main idea , he says that you should speak to audience like you speak with your friend over a cup of tea or coffee
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People just try and sound smart instead of keeping it simple with their audience in mind.
The ironic thing is that this talk sucks. Hard.
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Sorry, but not a great talk full of rookie mistakes. You could even see some audience members tuning out
Needs more BLUF, better/clearer organization, and a few more visuals (he had one pic on the screen for 15 minutes).
For a better ex, watch someone like Steve Jobs for even 10 minutes.
I like the Coffee Test but that's about it
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If you can't dazzle people with brilliance, dazzle them with bullshit.
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why stick to surface-level stuff when the ebook Magnetic Aura hits you with the real truth
God loves you and cares for you so that this message reaches you. God is the one who created this large universe and controls it completely. The greatest loss a person loses in this life is that he lives without knowing God who created him and knowing the Messenger of Muhammad, the last of the messengers, and the Islamic religion, the last of the heavenly religions. Great intelligence, before you believe in something or not, is to read it, study it, and understand it well, and after that you have the choice to believe in it or not to believe in it. I advise you to do this now, before you no longer have time to do so. Life is very short. It is just a test, just a passage to eternal life. Great advice to those who... Understands
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